10 Words and Phrases in the Social Media Lexicon That Need to Go Away in 2019

I’ll admit it: I spend way too much time on social media. It can be toxic, it can be a huge waste of time, it can lead to my nine-year-old daughter calling me a “social media nerd,” but it can also make me feel connected to the world during times of boredom or loneliness — plus, even more important, it helps me to procrastinate when I should be working, cleaning, or being productive in any way. And when I’m avoiding life by getting sucked down the rabbit hole that is Facebook, Twitter or whatever, I do not want to see any of these overused words cross my feed EVER AGAIN.

“Claps back.” No! No Clapping! Back or front!

“Shaming.” If somebody so much as gives a side-eye, it’s labeled “shaming.” The only thing that’s shameful is how misused the word “shameful” is.

“Haters.” I’ve grown to hate that word. Guess that makes me a hater.

“Goals.” My #Goals = #StopUsingThisWord

“Squad.” I’d like to put this word in front of a firing squad.

“Bae.” Barf.

“Lit.” Should be lit on fire.

“Obsessed.” Social media editors are OBSESSED with using “obsessed.”

“…IS EVERYTHING.” No, no, the outfit that Kate Middleton wore to a holiday party is not EVERYTHING. (Ryan Gosling with a box of chocolates, on the other hand… everything.)